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About Khalanu Village

Khalanu is a small village in Lad Bharol tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 43, made up of 24 males and 19 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 792 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khalanu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khalanu village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Lad Bharol
Pincode 176126
Area (hectares) 13.76 hectares
Population 43
Male Population 24
Female Population 19
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 792
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khalanu compares

By the 2011 count Khalanu is the 127th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 13.76 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1262.

Getting to Khalanu

Khalanu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khalanu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khalanu from other places

Khalanu lies about 15 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 39 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Khalanu
District headquarters Mandi 15 km
Nearest town Sundarnagar 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Lad Bharol 34 km
Nearest railway station Buffer Stop 39 km

Villages closest to Khalanu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lad Bharol tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Khalanu

As per the Census of India 2011, Khalanu village had a population of 43. That makes it the 127th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Khalanu village has 24 males and 19 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khalanu has about 792 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1262.

The pincode recorded for Khalanu is 176126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khalanu covers 13.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khalanu falls under Lad Bharol tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khalanu is Buffer Stop, about 39 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khalanu.

Khalanu is about 15 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khalanu is in Lad Bharol tehsil of Mandi district. Mandi is about 15 km away. Sundarnagar is about 15 km away. Lad Bharol is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khuddi (3.0 km), Chhanchhehr (4.0 km) and Balhara (4.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khalanu today is likely to be higher.

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